Epidote (rare locality)

Item Description

Epidote is not unheard of from Mexico, but good specimens are hard to find. This piece is more of a reference specimen featuring a semi-"spray" or almost "jackstraw"-esque group of muted pistachio green colored thin prismatic crystals measuring up to 1.7 cm, with very minor associated cream colored Feldspar. There are some contacted areas, so the piece is not undamaged, but it's a cool reference specimen / locality specimen for anybody who collects minerals of Mexico. From the worldwide mineral collection of Albert Lewis Kidwell (January 1, 1919 - August 16, 2008). Al was a well-known mineral collector and research geologist with Carter Oil Company and later Exxon Oil Company in Houston, Texas. The phosphate species Kidwellite was named in his honor in 1974.